Monday, January 23, 2017

January 04, 2017


    • Factors of Production 
      • Land - natural resources 
      • Labor - work exerted 
      • Capital 
        • Human capital - when people acquire skills and knowledge through experience and education 
        • Physical capital - money, tools, buildings, equipment, machinery
      • Entrepreneurship - risk taker, innovative
    • Trade-offs - alternative that we sacrifice when we make a decision scarcity leads to trade-offs Example: farmer who plants tomatoes in one spot cannot produce corn in the same spot
    • Opportunity cost - the most desirable alternative given up as a result of a decision 
    • Guns or Butter - trade offs that the government makes when choosing whether to produce more or less military or consumer goods



1 comment:

  1. Can trade-offs be used for instance in a stock market exchange?

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